| Galla Aruna Kumari | |
| Birth Date: | 1 August 1944 |
| Birth Place: | Diguvamagham, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Andhra Pradesh, India) |
| Residence: | Film Nagar, Hyderabad, India |
| Office1: | Minister for Mines & Geology Government of United Andhra Pradesh |
| Term Start1: | 24 November 2010 |
| Term End1: | 21 February 2014 |
| Governor1: | E. S. L. Narasimhan |
| 1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata1: | Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy |
| Predecessor1: | Vijaya Ramaraju Setrucharla |
| Successor1: | Office Dissolved |
| Office2: | Minister of Roads Buildings Government of United Andhra Pradesh |
| Term Start2: | 25 May 2009 |
| Term End2: | 23 November 2010 |
| Governor2: | N. D. Tiwari |
| 1Blankname2: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata2: | Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Konijeti Rosaiah |
| Predecessor2: | T. Jeevan Reddy |
| Successor2: | Pithani Satyanarayana |
| Office3: | Minister of Medical Education & Health Insurance Government of United Andhra Pradesh |
| Term Start3: | 14 May 2004 |
| Term End3: | 20 May 2009 |
| Governor3: | Surjit Singh Barnala Sushilkumar Shinde Rameshwar Thakur N. D. Tiwari |
| 1Blankname3: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata3: | Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy |
| Predecessor3: | N. M. D. Farooq Nagam Janardhan Reddy |
| Successor3: | Danam Nagender Sake Sailajanath |
| Office4: | Member of Legislative Assembly United Andhra Pradesh |
| Term Start4: | 1999 |
| Term End4: | 2014 |
| Predecessor4: | Nara Ramamurthy Naidu |
| Successor4: | United Andhra Pradesh Assembly Divided |
| Constituency4: | Chandragiri |
| Term Start5: | 1989 |
| Term End5: | 1994 |
| Predecessor5: | N. R. Jayadeva Naidu |
| Successor5: | Nara Ramamurthy Naidu |
| Constituency5: | Chandragiri |
| Party: | Telugu Desam Party |
| Otherparty: | Indian National Congress |
| Children: | Jayadev Galla |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Father: | Paturi Rajagopala Naidu |
Galla Aruna Kumari (born 1 August 1944) is an Indian politician. She is the daughter of former Indian parliamentarian and social activist Paturi Rajagopala Naidu. She is currently a polit buro member of the Telugu Desam Party. She was the Minister for Geology and Mines in the Government of Andhra Pradesh, India[1] and MLA for the Chandragiri constituency.[2] On 8 March 2014, she joined Telugu Desam Party.[3]
Aruna Kumari is married to Galla Ramachandra Naidu, an industrialist and founder of Amara Raja Group of Companies.[4] [5] She has a B.S. in Computer Science from Lake View College. She worked for the Chrysler Corporation as computer programmer and departmental head for Management Information Systems in the sales division. Her prior roles in her political career include that of President of the Andhra Pradesh Mahila Congress and General Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee. She was also the MLA for Chandragiri constituency from 1989 to 1994, 1999–2014 and Health Education and Insurance Minister [6] in the first term of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, late Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, during which time, she was responsible for creating the universal health programme, Aarogyasri. She also held the ministry for Roads and Buildings during second term of Congress government for some time. Aruna Kumari wrote several novels in Telugu.